Basilica del Santo Niño
This image of the Child Jesus is the same presented by Ferdinand Magellan to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon on the occasion of their royal Baptism to Roman Catholicism on April 14, 1521.The image was found by a soldier named Juan de Camuz forty years later, preserved in a wooden box, after Legazpi had razed a local village.[2] When Pope Paul VI made the church a basilica in 1965, he declared it to be "the symbol of the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines.More than a week passed after the rediscovery of the image on May 8, 1565, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi initiated the founding of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.On the spot of the house where the image of the Santo Niño was found, the monastery of the Holy Name of Jesus was constructed.On February 24, 1735, Father Provincial Bergaño, Governor-General Fernando Valdes, Bishop Manuel Antonio Decio y Ocampo of Cebu and Fray Juan de Albarran, O.S.A.[12] The basilica, which was once known as San Agustin Church, was rededicated by Cardinal Julio Rosales, then-Archbishop of Cebu, on February 28, 1965."[10] In his pontificate, the ecclesiastical document Ut Clarificetur designated the basilica as the "Mother and Head of all Churches in the Philippines" (Mater et Caput... Omnium Ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum).[22] Prior to restoration, the rubbles from the collapsed belfry were subjected to laboratory tests to analyze their composition to ensure that the new building materials will be compatible to the old and existing structure.Its collection covers religious subjects and non-religious disciplines including history, science, philosophy, Filipiniana, and periodicals.Devotion to the Santo Niño de Cebú is popular among Roman Catholics in Cebu, as well as nationwide.Devotees flock to the basilica to fall in line (Cebuano: linya sa hawok), for even a few hours, to see the image enshrined in a glass case.Holy Masses celebrated on Fridays, Sundays, and other Religious Festivities are held at the Pilgrim Center outside of the basilica.
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